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Publisher:
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date:
[2025]
Lexile measure:
760L
Language:
English
Description:
In a dystopian world devastated by The Storm, seventeen-year-old Liz finds refuge in her old bookstore, but when Maeve breaks in seeking shelter from another impending storm, the two confront their secrets and inner demons as they fight for their lives.
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Publisher:
Amy Stewart
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
Bestselling author and bookstore owner Amy Stewart takes an offbeat and lighthearted look at the future of the book.After the ebook renders bookstores obsolete, a young couple finds themselves in the unlikely position of owning one of the last bookstores in America. But if it isn't keeping itself afloat selling books, what is it selling? A hilarious glimpse at a future that is almost here.Nothing is what it seems in the offbeat and out-of-the-way...
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Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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" In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander--poet, mother, and wife--finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband, who was just 49. Reflecting with gratitude on the exquisite beauty of her married life that was, grappling with the subsequent void, and feeling a re-energized devotion to her two teenage sons, Alexander channels her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid prose that describes a very personal and...
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English
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The first Earth Day is the most famous little-known event in modern American history. Because we still pay ritual homage to the planet every April 22, everyone knows something about Earth Day. Some people may also know that Earth Day 1970 made the environmental movement a major force in American political life. But no one has told the whole story before. The story of the first Earth Day is inspiring: it had a power, a freshness, and a seriousness...
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Publisher:
LMC Publications
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
If Sorcerer Garon Rothwell has sex, he loses his powers - and also the rigid control he has over his life. But when he meets bookstore owner and ex-army intelligence officer Tara Carlisle, he desperately wants to give in to the passion she evokes in him. The only thing stopping him are his own fears and a woman four hundred years dead.Tara wants Garon, but until they catch the evil stalking her little town, she can't give in to the desire she knows...
Author:
Publisher:
K.L. Lawson
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
As Maddie and Alex continue on their quest to find out all the secrets of her Dad's past, they set off on a turbulent road trip with Renir's soldiers always two steps behind,. Once they take shelter at the safe house located in Mexico, they have a chance to rest, train, and plan their next moves, all while working on resolving the issues of their volatile relationship.But their time alone is cut short when they are asked to help Marcus, Mitra, and...
8. Awakening
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Publisher:
AD STARRLING
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
"I absolutely LOVE these characters! The fight scenes are amazing, the humor is hilarious, and the bonds of this demon-slaying crew are brilliant!" ★★★★★ Knowledge is power... Several months after discovering the reason behind his mother's confinement to a psychiatric hospital and her eventual death, Otis Boone is at a crossroads. With the Vatican's experts still unable to translate her journals, he goes on a desperate search for someone...
9. The Absolute
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Publisher:
Carolina Fuentes Catherine Fabbro Mari Carmen Ortiz Monasterio
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
For the first time in all of the Ages, the doors to the Konocimiento Kósmico (Kosmic Knowledge) are open. The book "The Absolute" narrates the story based on real experiences, of a woman who since childhood sought to understand the reasons of life. This desire to understand leads her to the encounter with her destiny. She meets the Maestra who initiates her in the studies of Konocimiento Kósmico. These studies reveal the origin and purpose of man...
Author:
Publisher:
Redemption Press
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
At twelve years old, Heather Petersen wanted to die. Growing up amid arguments, addiction, and abuse, Heather spirals from despair into rebellion. By the seventh grade, she's drinking, smoking, and doing drugs. As a teen, she settles into playing the victim and drowning in self-pity. Then she meets Jayson Stover. Jayson dreams of making it as a musician. Drawn to his hopefulness, which had been entirely absent in her upbringing, Heather confesses...
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Publisher:
HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
Birthday Wishes When a group of friends devise a plan to turn Smitten, Vermont, into the country's premier romantic getaway, Natalie finds her own true love along the way. With the local lumber mill closing, residents wonder if their town can stay afloat. Then four friends and local business owners-Natalie, Julia, Shelby, and Reese-decide the town is worth saving. How will they do it? They'll turn Smitten into a honeymoon destination! In "Birthday...